10/17/06 - Bernard Kearse W/ Dr. Ann Kulze, nationally recognized expert and motivational speaker in the areas of nutrition, healthy lifestyles and disease prevention

Mark Warren (http://www.medicinebow.net) has seemingly excelled at as many pursuits as varieties of trees in his beloved Georgia forests. Not only is he a published author, composer, and illustrator, but he also has won national and international championships in whitewater canoeing and archery. His “day job,� if one can call it that, of working as a naturalist, environmental educator and director of his own camp, Medicine Bow, in Dahlonega, Georgia, has allowed Mark to share these skills with the community and spark renewed passion for the environment and nature. Through a myriad array of classes, which include everything from hide-tanning to botany to history to survival skills, taught both on the Medicine Bow property and at school campuses state-wide, Mark shares his incredible store of knowledge about nature and the Native American communities who first lived in harmony with it. His ability to communicate his boundless joy in the complexity and beauty of nature and the forest has touched lives rural and urban, young and old.

Kenny Zail (www.kennyzail.com) began working in business after graduating from college.  He spent time as an assistant life insurance underwriter, an award winning sales manager of a Fortune 500 company and a radio disc jockey.  He was also a professional drummer, drum instructor and author for ten years.  Drawing on his years of business and musical experience, Kenny realized that individuals in the corporate world often lack something musicians have in abundance: passion.  Kenny gives presentations on passion and the workplace to executives, companies and organizations in Georgia.  He has served on the board of The National Speakers Association-Georgia and is a member of National Speakers Association and Meeting Professional International.

You may never have heard about Childspring International (www.childspringintl.org ), but chances are you have heard of Baby Noor.  Upon discovering Baby Noor (born with spina bifida) and her family in Iraq, a Georgia Army National Guardsman began a process that eventually linked Baby Noor and her family with Childspring International. Through the work of Childspring International, Baby Noor received a surgery that saved her life. Childspring International is an Atlanta based medical charity that arranges for children from around the world with birth defects or other disfigurements to come to the United States for treatment.  Helen Shepard is the Development Director for Childspring International and will share with us her passion for bringing hope, health and healing to these children.

Karen Humphries-Sallick is the President and founder of The Priority Group, Inc., which offers highly personalized service to companies who need strategic facilitators to assist them with their Customer Relationship Management.  She has also worked for companies such as Barneys New York, Goldman, Sachs & Company and Harter-Hanks.  Karen has found that for many people spirituality and work are important, but for most people, a gap exists between these two worlds.  In an effort to bring these two areas of life closer together, Karen hosts a radio program called Embracing the Journey (www.embracingthejourney.com).  Each week Karen interviews guests to discuss such issues as honesty, compassion, generosity, ethics, and integrity in the workplace in an effort to explore what it means to be spiritually fulfilled in business and how to integrate spiritual direction into a career.

Jon Holland has served as President of Wineminer, LLC since its inception in June, 2003. Leading up to this time, Holland became a very passionate wine enthusiast with a thirst for access to knowledge. After working 6 years with Chase Manhattan as Regional Vice President for the East Coast Subprime Division, Jon was inspired to start his own company. He incorporated his passion for wine by developing a kiosk for grocery stores that provides consumers with information about wine, cheese and recipes. WinesandRecipes.com gained national recognition by winning the "Best Content in Kiosk Deployment" at the KisokCom.com 2005 Annual Awards. www.WinesandRecipes.com

Marshall Goldman is Jon's business partner and has served as Consultant of Product Innovation and Marketing for Wineminer, LLC since January, 2004. Goldman has been a serious wine consumer for over 20 years and is an amateur chef at home. It is this love of wine and food that led Goldman and Holland to discover their mutual passion and desire to share wine with others. In early 2004, Goldman joined Wineminer, LLC and is responsible for the content development of WinesandRecipes.com internet and kiosk applications. Prior to the position with Wineminer, LLC, Goldman worked for a communications company for 21 years.

Join Bernard and his guest for his first anniversary show featuring Bruce Roth and Michael Echemendia.

Bruce Roth is a graduate of Georgia Tech, holds a Master of Science in Financial Services, and is a member of Mensa. Bruce is passionate about international relations, and particularly the elimination of weapons of mass destruction.  He has written a book on the subject entitled No Time to Kill. The book has been recognized by organizations, religious leaders and scholars around the world, including the Nuclear Policy Research Institute, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Pope John Paul II, and Robert O'Neill, Professor of the History of War, All Souls College, University of Oxford , and former Chairman of the Council, International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Bruce will be joined by Michael Echemendia, who also has a passion for international relations. Michael graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wofford College and has a Master's degree in International Security Studies from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He is also a recent graduate of the Master of Theological Studies program at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University, where he focused his study on the use of martyrdom by religious and secular terrorist groups. His passion is to facilitate discussions of international relations by including religious considerations. Michael will pursue his passion further as a doctoral student at the University of Pittsburgh.

Author Kendall Bell is an award-winning journalist who is currently the city editor of a daily newspaper in Sumter, South Carolina. Ken published his first book, From the Heart: Stories of Love and Friendship in 2003 in response to 9/11. He felt that after such a great tragedy, people needed to hear stories of hope. He e-mailed several friends asking for their personal stories of love and friendship. This e-mail was passed around the globe and Ken received over 2,000 stories. From these responses, he created a book of fifty-one stories. He has also published From the Heart 2: More Stories of Love and Friendship. (www.kendallbell.com)

A. B. Short is the co-founder of MedShare International (www.medshare.org), a Decatur nonprofit that sends surplus medical supplies and equipment from hospitals in the U.S. to poor countries around the globe.  A.B. attended divinity school and after graduating began working for nonprofit organizations.  In addition to his work at MedShare, he has also served as the marketing director for the Atlanta Community Food Bank and is also co-founder of Café 458, an Atlanta restaurant that serves the homeless during the week and provides them with guidance on finding jobs and overcoming addictions.

Bernard talks with his guest about storytelling.

Today we often hear about the paperless revolution.  But, have you ever thought about

the revolutionary effects of paper on the world?  Cindy Bowden has.  She is

the director of the Robert C. Williams Paper Museum at Georgia Tech

(www.ipst.gatech.edu/amp/index.html).  The Robert C. Williams Paper Museum is an

internationally renowned resource on the history of paper and paper technology.  Listen

as she shares her passion for paper, including some of the highlights in paper history and

how the art of papermaking continues today.  Ms. Bowden will also provide a sneak

peek of the museum’s upcoming exhibit by nationally recognized paper artist, Beck

Whitehead, which opens on March 23, 2006.

Bernard talks with Sara Robinson on storytelling (www.tattlingtales.com)

Sara Robinson is a Sandy Springs resident with a variety of passions.  She has over two decades of experience in theater productions, film, radio and television and teaching.  A native of Chattanooga, Sara earned her BA in philosophy at Agnes Scott.  She then moved to Texas, where she completed her MED at the University of Houston.  Sara returned to the Atlanta area in 2000 and since that time has intensively pursued her passion for playwriting.  She has completed four plays in the past five years.  She will share with us her passion for playwriting and the important themes she presents in her works.  She will also discuss her most recent production, Refuge, which debuted on March 2, 2006 at the Actors Express Theatre in the King Plough Arts Center. 

Host Bernard Kearse Interviews people about work, hobbies, and the things that make life worth living.